Bill Gates and Tim Berners-Lee Their Contributions to...

Bill Gates and Tim Berners-Lee: Their Contributions to Information Technology and the IT Industry Nowadays, information technology is playing a significant role in human’s life. Actually, it has only been developing for several decades. In fact, there are two key men who contribute greatly for this process. They are Bill Gates and Tim Berners-Lee. This essay will explain their contribution to IT and its industry and discuss it in several aspects. There remain several differences between the computer before early 1970s and they are now. At that time, it is very huge and expensive. In January 1975, Popular Electronics magazine announced that the first microcomputer of the world which called Altair 800 had appeared. It is a real†¦show more content†¦It has the online serving software, Internet Explorer, which allowed users to open the website freely. Meanwhile, Windows 95 created the desktop, the start menu and 32-bit compatibility. As a result, consumers could operate the PC much easier, communicate with others and share information by Internet. The later Windows operating systems were almost created by using Windows 95 as the pattern. Both Bill Gates and Tim Berners-Lee contribute much to Information Technology and its industry. Gates set up Microsoft, created Windows operating systems and Office software, which allowed human to be more accessible with computers. Users could deal with issues, do research and official work by PC. It is almost Bill Gates who makes all of these more convenient. Moreover, Gates designed Internet Explorer software for consumers to find the information on World Wide Web, which created by Tim Berners-Lee. They can also play computer games, watch videos and purchase goods online. With their achievements, many other economic industries has been developing, such as online shopping and online games industry. In addition, people are fond of making friends and contact others by social softwares, such as Facebook and Twitter in 3/6 recently years. Because of their contribution, people’ life has become much easier, and s they are more closed to others. Furthermore, Bill Gates is famous for his